TY - JOUR

T1 - Monte Carlo simulation of the effects caused by multiple scattering of ground-based and spaceborne lidar pulses in clouds

AU - Prigarin, S. M.

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Specific features of the laser pulse propagation and formation of lidar returns during the remote sensing of clouds with ground-based and spaceborne lidars are Monte Carlo analyzed. The effect of “return sharpening” is revealed, which makes a distant cloud boundary more visible. The results of stochastic simulation of the expanding solid torus of light that can be generated by a laser pulse in a cloud layer are discussed. The software created by the author for lidar return simulation and accessible on the Internet is briefly described.

AB - Specific features of the laser pulse propagation and formation of lidar returns during the remote sensing of clouds with ground-based and spaceborne lidars are Monte Carlo analyzed. The effect of “return sharpening” is revealed, which makes a distant cloud boundary more visible. The results of stochastic simulation of the expanding solid torus of light that can be generated by a laser pulse in a cloud layer are discussed. The software created by the author for lidar return simulation and accessible on the Internet is briefly described.

KW - clouds

KW - ground-based and spaceborne lidars

KW - Monte Carlo simulation

KW - multiple scattering of light

KW - remote sensing

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015029871&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1134/S1024856017010110

DO - 10.1134/S1024856017010110

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85015029871

VL - 30

SP - 79

EP - 83

JO - Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

JF - Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

SN - 1024-8560

IS - 1

ER -